Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments
No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over three years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. Its stock price has soared, making it a $4.6 trillion market cap company. The […]
In 2026, AI will move from hype to pragmatism
If 2025 was the year that confirmed the vibe of AI, 2026 will be the year that the technology becomes commercially available. The focus is already shifting from building ever-larger language models to the more difficult task of enabling AI. In practice, it involves deploying smaller models in the right places, embedding intelligence into physical […]
Clicks puts its own spin on BlackBerry smartphones, debuting $79 Snap-on mobile keyboard
Clicks Technology, a company known for making physical keyboards for smartphones, is launching two new devices ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. In addition to a new $79 sliding keyboard for smart devices, the company also announced its first smartphone, the Communicator. This is a smartphone with a physical keyboard […]
India’s Arya.ag attracts investors and remains profitable despite falling global crop prices
Indian agritech company Arya.ag, which provides storage facilities close to farms and financing services to hundreds of thousands of farmers, has attracted investor interest and remains profitable even as global crop prices continue to fall in volatile commodity markets. The company said investor interest was embodied in the latest all-stock Series D round with GEF […]
OpenAI bets big on audio as Silicon Valley declares war on screens
OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, but it’s not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to a new report from The Information, the company has integrated multiple engineering, product and research teams over the past two months to overhaul its audio model in preparation for audio-first personal devices expected to launch in about […]
‘College dropout’ has become the most coveted qualification to be a startup founder
Iconic founders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg famously did not graduate from college, but they have conducted multiple studies. Shows that the majority of successful startups have founders with bachelor’s or graduate degrees degree. Despite this data, venture capitalists’ enthusiasm for “no-degrees” is far from constant, but the appeal of dropout founders […]
These are the best gadgets for your pet at the moment
Having a cute pet to call home is one of life’s great joys, but modern gadgets and AI technology make pet ownership even more fun and convenient. We’ve rounded up some gadgets that make perfect gifts for pet parents. Petlibro AI-powered pet camera – $99.99 Image credit:PetLibro Petlibro recently launched the AI-powered Scout Smart Camera. […]
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to harness the nuclear reaction that […]
The dumbest things that happened in tech this year
The tech industry moves so fast that it’s hard to keep up with just how much has happened this year. We’ve watched as the tech elite enmeshed themselves in the U.S. government, AI companies sparred for dominance, and futuristic tech like smart glasses and robotaxis became a bit more tangible outside of the San Francisco […]
My phone went off. Please live long. . . What exactly?
John Callahan, co-founder of True Ventures, believes that in five years we won’t be using smartphones the way we do now, and in 10 years we might not be using them at all. For venture capitalists with two decades of big winners from consumer brands like Fitbit, Ring, and Peloton to enterprise software makers HashiCorp […]